Spiral conveyer device for packages and coat hangers



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. SPIRAL CONVEYER DEVICE FOR PACKAGES AND COAT HANGERS Filed June 4, 1929 7 [memZZw m 5 Patented Dec. 9, 1930 nNrrE STATES PATENT OFFICE CnanLns n. CONSTABLE, or CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOIR- To'rIIE A'rIoNAI. MARK- ENG MACHINE COMPANY, or CINCINNATI, m, A CORPCR TIQ OF OHIO SPIRAL GONVEYER DEVICE FOR PAcKAoEsA n COAT HANGERS Application filed June 4, 1929. Serial No. 368,334.-

e to a lower one, and at the same time conveying garments upon coat hangers, said conveyer devices being designed to utilize the same space.

The object of my invention is to provide it a coat hanger attachment for spiral conveyers, so constructed and arranged that articles supported upon coat hangers may be received upon an upper floor and delivered to a lower floor, and during their movement will occupy only the space between the various portions of the spiral package conveyer.

A further ob ect is to provide a coat hanger conveyer device of this character sup? ported at its upper end above the package 0 conveyer, and supported at its lower end above the lower end of the package conveyer, and firmly fixed to the outer edge of the package conveyer, and whereby the two conveyers will mutually support and brace each other.

My invention consists in the construction of the spiral coat hanger conveyer, and its arrangement and combination with the package conveyer, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 shows a side elevation ofa package conveyer having my improved coat hanger conveyer applied thereto; and C Figure 2 shows an enlarged detail View showing a portion of the package conveyer in vertical transverse section supported upon a post, and having my improved coat hanger conveyer rigidly connected therewith, and iliustrating a coat hanger mounted on the coat hanger conveyer. V

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I have used the numeral 10 to indicate an upright post for supporting the combined conveyers. The spiral package conveyer comprises a sheet metal. bottom member 11, and sheet metal outer side wall 12. The outer edge of the bottom member 11 is inclined downwardly at 13 and connected at its lower end'with the side member 12 by bolts 14. The receiving end of the conveyer is preferably spaced abovean upper floor 15, and

the lower delivery end is preferably spaced above a lower floortodischarge its contents upon a table 16 or the like. I V

The construction of the spiralpackage conveyer is thesame as those now in ordinary use. I My improved coat hanger spiral conveyer attachment comprises a spiral track 17, having its upper end projecting above the receiving end of the spiral package conveyer and supported by brackets 18 on theupright post 10. This upper end is spaced apart from the upper end of the package conveyer far enough to permit a garment 19 supported on a coat hanger 20 to clear the package conveyer.

The body portion of the coat hanger conveyer is supported upon brackets 21, which brackets are preferably secured to the pack age conveyer by ,ineans of bolts 14. This spiral coat hanger conveyer is supported by its brackets -21 directly beneath the lower outer edge of the package conveyer, so that garments carried thereby will, throughout their entire path of travel, descend in aposition directly above .thewallof the spiral package conveyer.

At its lower end this spiral coat hanger conveyer is extended radially away fron'r the packageconveyer at 22, and its endis supported upon a post 23 or the like, and is elevated far enough above the lower floor to permit a garment to hang clear of the floor, as shown in Figure 1.

By means of my improved construction, and In View of the fact that the coat hanger conveyer is'rigidly supported at both its up per and lower ends independently of the package conveyer, and in view of the fact that the coat hanger conveyer is made of a rigid rail construction, it will be seen that the two conveyer devices, being connected by the brackets 21, will mutually brace and support each other.

It will also be seen that the space occupied by the coat hanger conveyer is space that would otherwise be wasted, as it is principalice. I

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1y between the various courses of the spiral package conve er V It will also lie seen that movement of the coat hangers with garments attached thereto, and the movement'of the packages upon the spiral package conveyer, will not in any way interfere with each other, and may be carried on either simultaneously or independently.

I claim as my invention "1. The combination of a spiral package conveyer and a coat hanger conveyer having its upper end spaced considerably above the up r end of the'spiral package conveyer,"

an having its body portion supported be, neath the body portion of the spiral package conve er and'havin its lower end extended y a g Y radially outwardly om the spiral package conveyer, whereby articles mounted on coat hangers may move downwardly on the spiral coat hanger i conveyer without interfering with the movement of the packages upon the spiralpackage conveyer, the upper and lower ends of the spiral coat hanger conveyer being secured to fixed supports, and the body portion of the spiral conveyer being rigidly v secured to the under portion of the spiral packageconveyer, wherehy'said conveyers mutually brace and support each other;

2. The combination of a, spiral package conveyer and a coat hanger conveyer having its upper end spaced considerablyabove the upper end of the spiral package conveyer, and having its bod portion supported beneath the body port on of the spiral package conve er, and having its lower end extended radia ly outwardly from the spiral package eonve er, and whereby artioles mounted on coat angers may move downwardly on the spiral coat hanger conveyer without interfering with the movement of the packages I upon the spiral package conveyer, said spiral package conveyer being formed with a downwardly extending flange at its outer edge,

bolts for connecting said flange to the side of the package conveyer, and brackets connected to said bolts for'supporting the body portion of the coat hanger conveyer.-

Des Moines, Iowa, May 9, 1929. I

CHARLES) E. CONSTABLE 

